leadership but the united states and the people of the united states. i think that should be a takeaway. >> martha, i do want to look forward and right now, we have in the gulf, the largest naval exercise ever in the history of the middle east, what is the message that the united states military is trying to send here? directly aimed at iran? >> i think it's a pretty obvious message. i don't think anyone would actually tell you that on camera, jake. the message to iran is don't even try to shut down the strait of hormuz. they're building up all sort of missile-defense-type things. >> christiane the united nations general assembly meets this week. lot of tension between israel and iran. and also between israel and the obamaed obama edadministration. >> i think what's really interesting and i have talked to a lot of people about this, the israeli defense minister is starting to walk back on talks about a attack. i'm being told that possibly, sort of receding possibility at least any time. now, the israeli people don't want to see their country unilaterall